Crypto

In a newly published report, BitMEX Research and its analysts say BRC-20 activity, not image inscriptions, is the greater strain on many Bitcoin node operators. UTXO Explosion Traced to BRC-20 Transfers, BitMEX Research Finds In the report, the researchers argue that small BRC-20 transfers expand the UTXO set and raise validation load more than large image data does. BitMEX Research frames the…

The crypto industry is denouncing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the agency’s inspector general said nearly a year of text messages from former Chair Gary Gensler’s government phone were irretrievably lost because of “avoidable errors.” SEC Agrees to Fixes After Gensler Text Loss; Crypto Sector Sees Double Standard The SEC’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) disclosed…